[governance] governance Digest, Vol 20, Issue 41
Grace Mjurei
saphanage at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 1 10:43:18 EDT 2005
Robert Guerra,
I hope and pray this massage gets there.
The governance Lists,
Please allow me to apologized for none participation
in the Internet Digest. The information contained has
been very educational. I sincerely beg for your
pardon.
Internet regime change as recommended previously is
necessary..
The US has controlled the Internet domain to the
inhibition of the Southern countries .It has always
been difficult to establish URL due to the
international protocol. It is acceptable that the
Internet is new technology and facilitation/hosting is
more convenient in the North. But there could be more
that one regime to control the domain both for trade
competition and promotion. This would contribute to
speed in development and greater coverage. It takes
months to get a website in the south.
As regards governance, some issues are a challenge.
Internet literacy is a great challenge. Understanding
of the legal international statutes within the
Internet is another.
The racial diversity, and diversity within cultural
values is another big challenge .And if there has been
international trade difficulties, they can be ironed
out through literacy within ICT, and more so within
the Internet technology.
The government capitalization idea, and imperialism
,high taxation and stiff laws upon international
investment are other challenges. The South can govern
the Internet successfully in partnership with the
Northern enterprise representatives. And it would be
necessary to liberate the Internet trade for
facilitation of ownership and governance.
The facilitation of the trade requires energy,
satellite, and the necessary Service Providers which
are all government owned. It is necessary to establish
alternative energy for the development of Internet
leading to Rural Internet Ownership and governance.
Kenya like many other Southern countries are limited
to few sources of energy, but South Africa has
powerful and economical supply source; the nuclear
energy. It is understood distribution of nuclear
energy will soon be effected, and Tanzania has
accepted the nuclear energy idea. But Kenya allows
energy generation but does not allow distribution due
to capitalism idea.
Wireless services have been adapted by a few but they
are still tied to government control.Internet
servicesare inhibited by power failure and lackof
service providers inefficiency, and lack of concern.
Liberation within Internet services and imperialism
control would facilitate Internet ownership and
governance.
The South requires a lot of Internet literacy for
advancement. It is crucial to enhance internet egal
statutes, and establish those bylaws that protect
social and cultural values for secure ownership.
All the Cyber Cafe have computers with the necessary
accessories. But many times these are stored since few
would require say video connectivity .And sometimes
the Cyber attendant lacks skill to fix the
accessories.
Please pardon me for failure of reading and also
contributing to the governance Digest Volumes due to
other involvements. Internet facilitation is a
challenge as the networks is down most of the time.
Kenya majors 3rd in proxy but in practice the case is
different. The variation depends on the zone and the
concentration demand.
The South needs literacy,technical development
,international partnership, and investment in
alternative energy especially in the rural zones.
Thank you very much.
Grace
Kenya.
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> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 16:11:37 -0400
> From: Robert Guerra <rguerra at lists.privaterra.org>
> Subject: [governance] (no subject)
> To: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus
> <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
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> I had the opportunity to attend the meeting held
> yesterday in
> Washington DC on WGIG. I will post a my notes of the
> meeting in the
> next few days.
>
> regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> --
> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
> Managing Director, Privaterra
> <http://www.privaterra.org>
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>
> REGIME CHANGE ON THE INTERNET? INTERNET GOVERNANCE
> AFTER WGIG
>
> Washington Symposium July 28; Online Participation
> Possible
>
> July 28, 2005. The Internet Governance Project and
> three other
> university programs sponsor a symposium in
> Washington, DC to assess
> the final report of the UN Working Group on Internet
> Governance
> (WGIG). The event, titled "Regime Change on the
> Internet? Internet
> Governance After WGIG" will be the first public
> event in the United
> States to review the UN Working Group?s report. The
> symposium will
> also look towards the future of Internet governance,
> leading up to
> the World Summit on the Information Society in
> Tunisia and beyond.
> Location: Syracuse University's Paul Greenberg
> House, 2301 Calvert
> Street, NW, Washington, DC (Near the Woodley subway
> stop). 202-797-4678.
>
> The symposium will be available to an online
> audience using
> Elluminate software, beginning at 10:30 AM (US
> Eastern Standard
> Time). To join the session, please click here within
> 60 minutes of
> the start time. If this is the first time you will
> be using
> Elluminate, you will need to download client
> software. You can pre-
> configure your system with the required software by
> going to the
> support page at any time. Please make sure your
> computer has a
> microphone and speakers to be able to talk and hear
> while you are in
> the Elluminate session.
>
> Program
>
> ?What the UN Working Group proposed?
> Markus Kummer, Executive Coordinator, UN Working
> Group on Internet
> Governance
>
> ?The US Perspective on Internet Governance and WSIS?
> Richard Beaird, Senior Deputy U.S. Coordinator, US
> State Department,
> Communication and Information Policy section
>
> Respondents:
> * Lesley Cowley, Chief Executive Officer, Nominet UK
> * Milton Mueller, Professor, Syracuse University and
> Internet
> Governance Project
> * Christopher Boam, Counsel for Internet and Global
> ICT in MCI?s
> Legal Department, International Affairs Division
> * Willie Currie, Association for Progressive
> Communications
>
> 11:30 - 12:30
> Questions and answers from attending and online
> audience.
>
> Moderator:
> Derrick L. Cogburn, Syracuse University School of
> Information Studies
> and Internet Governance Project
>
> Rapporteur:
> Hans Klein, Professor, Georgia Institute of
> Technology and Internet
> Governance Project
>
> Event co-sponsors include: The Internet Governance
> Project; The
> Quello Center for
> Telecommunication Management and Law, Michigan State
> University;
> Culture,
> Communication and Technology Program, Georgetown
> University; Internet
> and Public
> Policy Project, Georgia Institute of Technology
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 23:57:02 +0200
> From: Ralf Bendrath <bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
> Subject: [governance] press report on Wash. DC
> Internet Governance
> event
> To: WSIS Internet Governance Caucus
> <governance at lists.cpsr.org>
> Message-ID: <42EAA62E.7030505 at zedat.fu-berlin.de>
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> Here is the first report I found about the
> Washington meeting.
> Ralf
>
>
http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=78230&WT.svl=wire1_3
>
> US Under Pressure Over ICANN
>
> JULY 29, 2005
> PR Newswire
>
> WASHINGTON -- The United States must accept the need
> for change in
> Internet governance, a group of academic experts on
> Internet policy stated
> today. The U.S. should assert leadership by
> advancing new proposals for
> cooperating with other countries in the oversight
> and supervision of
> Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
> (ICANN), and by
> supporting the development of a global framework
> treaty that will protect
> the Internet's unique freedoms while working jointly
> to
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